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Maybe a 98 expy isn't a normal project truck, but I can just picture a version of grave digger here, and I'm starting with what I do best. Metal work. Tell me this is the wrong motor and put TV's in it instead. Just seems a waste of such a great turning radius on a 4x4

Thanks for the response. So my goal? I just had a "good " friend mechanic take my money and leave me with 4 broken manifold studs, 2 on each side, on the last exhaust port. I read that this problem happens alot to the 5.4. so I didn't want to reinstall an interior component. Cause there ain't nothin "easy" about "easy outs " in tight spaces.

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Right out of college I worked for Ford Motor Company in the Parts and Service Division. Ended that relationship after 7 years and worked for 3 FLM dealerships for the next 5 years. Changed industries in 1993 to selling home loans (mortgages) in Arizona.
I currently own 8 cars, 4 are vintage. (Built before 1975) The other 4 are daily drivers for the rest of my household.
I am married with 3 only children that their birthdays span 2 decades.
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